Humphrey Searle - Symphonies Nos.2, 3 and 5

Humphrey SEARLE (1915-1982)

Symphony No. 2 Op.33 (1956/58)

Symphony No. 3 Op. 36 (1959/60)

Symphony No. 5 Op. 43 (1964)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Alun Francis

Recorded 6/1995; Studio 1, Broadcasting House BBC, Glasgow

Britten - Piano Concerto Op.13; Young Apolo; Diversions

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Piano Concerto in D Major Op.13 (1938)  ( includes original version of the third movement) 

Young Apollo Op.16 for piano, string quartet and string orchestra (1939)

Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra Op.21 (1940)

Steven Osborne (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Ilan Volkov

rec. Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, 21-23 September 2007

James MacMillan - Violin Concerto; Symphony No.4

James MACMILLAN (b 1959)

Violin Concerto (2009) 

Symphony No. 4 (2014-15)

Vadim Repin (violin)

Gillian de Groote (voice)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Donald Runnicles

rec. 6 March 2016, City Halls, Glasgow (concerto); 3 August 2015, 

Royal Albert Hall, London (symphony)

Nikolai Roslavets - Violin Concertos

Nikolai ROSLAVETS (1881-1944)

Violin Concerto No. 1 (1925) 

Violin Concerto No. 2 (1936) 

Alina Ibragimova (violin)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Ilan Volkov

rec. City Hall, Glasgow, 9-10 January 2008. DDD

 

Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra; Suite No.1

Bela BARTÓK (1881-1945)

Suite No.1 Sz 31

Concerto for Orchestra Sz 116

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Thomas Dausgaard

Recorded: February, 2019; City Halls, Glasgow, Scotland

York Bowen and Cecil Forsyth - Viola Concertos

York Bowen (1884-1961)

Viola Concerto in C minor Op 25

 Cecil Forsyth (1870-1941)

Viola Concerto in G minor

Lawrence Power (viola),

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

Dohnányi, Enescu & D'Albert - Cello Concertos

Erno Dohnányi, 

George Enescu & 

Eugen D'Albert: 

Cello Concertos

Alban Gerhardt (cello), 

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, 

Carlos Kalmar (conductor)

William Wallace - Symphonic Poems

William Wallace (1860-1940)

Symphonic Poems

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 

Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Alexander Mackenzie - Orchestral Music

Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie (1847-1935)

Orchestral Music

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,

Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Shostakovich and Shchedrin - Piano Concertos

Dimitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, Op.35 (1933)

Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, Op.102 (1957)

Rodion SHCHEDRIN (1932-2025)

Piano Concerto No.2 (1966)

Marc-André Hamelin (piano) 

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Andrew Litton

Emmanuel Chabrier - Briseis ou Les amants de Corinthe

 

 

 Emmanuel CHABRIER (1841-1894)

Briséïs

ou Les amants de Corinthe

Briséïs: Joan Rodgers (Soprano)

Thansto: Mark Padmore (Tenor)

Hylas: Simon Keenlyside (Baritone)

Stratoklès: Michael George (Bass)

La nourrice: Kathryn Harries (Mezzosoprano) 

Scottish Opera Chorus, 

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, 

Jean-Yves Ossonce (conductor)

Hamish MacCunn - Land of the Mountain and the Flood & Other Orchestral Works

Hamish MacCUNN (1866-1916)

Land Of The Mountain And The Flood

The Ship O' The Fiend

The Dowie Dens O' Yarrow

Excerpts from Jeanie Deans

The Lay Of The Last Minstrel

Janice Watson  

Lisa Milne

Jamie MacDougall

Peter Sidhom (2)

Stephen Gadd (3)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Martyn Brabbins 

Recorded April 6 & 7, 1995 at Govan Town Hall, Glasgow.

Allan Pettersson - Symphony No.2; Symphonic Movement

Allan PETTERSSON (1911-1980) 

Symphonic Movement (1973)

Symphony no 2 (1953) 

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Alun Francis

Havergal Brian - Violin Concerto; Symphony No.18; The Jolly Miller Overture

HAVERGAL BRIAN (1876-1972)

Comedy Overture – The Jolly Miller (1962) [4:42]
Violin Concerto in C major (1934-35) [35:37]
Symphony No. 18 (1961) [14:26]

Marat Bisengaliev, violin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Lionel Friend
Recorded in Studio 1, BBC Broadcasting House, Glasgow, 12-15 January 1993

Alan Rawsthorne - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2; Fantasy Overture: Cortèges

Alan Rawsthorne (1905-1971)

Fantasy Overture: Cortèges

Concertos for Violin and Orchestra Nos. 1 and 2

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Lionel Friend

Rebecca Hirsch (Violin)

Lamond - Symphony in A major; D'Albert - Overture to 'Esther"

Eugen D'ALBERT (1864-1932)

Overture to "Esther", Op.8

Frederic LAMOND (1868-1948)

Symphony in A major, Op.3

Concert Overture " From the Scottish Highlands"

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,

Martyn Brabbins 

Stravinsky - Orpheus, Jeu de cartes, Agon

Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)

Jeu de cartes, Agon & Orpheus

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, 

Ilan Volkov 

Ildebrando Pizzetti - Orchestral Music

Ildebrando PIZZETTI (1880-1968)

Orchestral Music

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, 

Osmo Vänskä 

Cecil Coles - Music from Behind the Lines

Cecil COLES (1888-1918)

Music from Behind the Lines

1 Overture 'The Comedy of Errors' 
2 Fra Giacomo 
Paul Whelan (baritone)
3 Scherzo in A minor

Four Verlaine Songs
4 No 1: Fantastic in appearance
Sarah Fox (soprano)
5 No 2: A slumber vast and black
Sarah Fox (soprano)
6 No 3: Pastoral 'The sky above the roof' 
Sarah Fox (soprano)
7 No 4: Let's dance the gig 
Sarah Fox (soprano)

From the Scottish Highlands
8 Movement 1: Prelude. Presto scherzoso – Allegro maestoso
9 Movement 2: Idyll 'Love scene'. Larghetto
10 Movement 3: Lament. Adagio non troppo e ben marcato 

Behind the lines
11 Movement 1: Estaminet de Carrefour 
Behind the lines arr. Martyn Brabbins (b1959)
12 Movement 3: Cortège 

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins